...dilemmas facing an organization through a game simulation. The simulation placed the role of quality control manager (QCM) as my title within an organization called “G-Bio Sport’s.” Additionally, I was tasked with two dilemmas involving ethical issues, and the various ethical perspectives that were used in my analysis and decision making to resolve the dilemmas. This journal will reflect the issues, steps, ethical perspective used to base decision on and influence it played, as well as the correlation of various concepts within the simulation with my workplace. Ethical Dilemma Issue (The Case of Fair Warning) In the first dilemma products contaminated with high levels of GBS-Fibranafren, one of G-Bio Sport’s patented ingredients, which over two-thirds of the company’s products contain where found to have slipped through quality control. The dilemma provoked an issue of what the best decision would be to initiate a resolution to the issue. The company concluded that in healthy adults there was extremely low risk, though those with low immune systems would be at a higher risk, this with repeated use. Decision Making Steps In coming to an ethical decision or basis, I first identified the issues (whether or not to recall, disseminate the information, refund or replace the product) and then analyzed the issues enabling a clear perspective on the understanding of each issue. Additionally I did a stakeholder analysis to determine the stakeholders with the highest...
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...Williams Institute for Ethics and Management provides the user a method in identifying individual values and ethical perspective through an online presentation and survey. This program’s results give each individual a better understanding of his or her decisions on ethical situations presented. The ethical awareness inventory presents a variety of principles that requires ranking the importance of each possible response. This captures personal preferences that may affect ethical decision-making and define individual style. Ethics Awareness Inventory The Williams Institute for Ethics and Management assessment provided results based on my inventory answers that relate to decision-making and CORE (character, obligation, results, and equity) score. My highest score was rated in results (13) whereas my lowest was in equity (-11). These scores indicated that my perspective on ethics is based on consequences (results) of actions. This also indicates I have a greater desire to see the large majority benefit from good. My lowest score was rated in equity that indicates a frustration with those who govern and attempt to define what is most important to individuals. It is my belief that not all situations can be classified and rectified under one umbrella policy and that circumstances play a role in making ethical decisions. Character My ethical perspective results reflected a perspective based on what it is good to be and that ethics should be a method to achieving moral excellence. The...
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...Abstract In this paper, I discuss the results of Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment, what Kudler Fine Foods appears as an organization, and an evaluation of my performance as a manager at Kudler. Personal Values Paper The mission of self-assessment is to promote ethics in community through research, education and leadership, by helping adults to judge, care and do what is right. These three points are the ingredients for moral maturity. A commitment to personal ethics is about developing a moral self capable of dealing with ethical issues as they arise (www.ethics-twi.org). Ethical Perspective Assessment According to the self-assessment, a person’s ethical awareness profile can be closely aligned with four different values: ‘C’, for character, ‘O’, for obligation, ‘R’ for results, and ‘E’ for equity. This essentially classifies people whose ethical perspectives are based on moral values and principles (‘C’), feeling obligated to do what is morally right (‘O’), the consequence of their actions (‘R’) and using their daily experience to steer them through ethical decision- making process (‘E’). My Personal Values Of the four different values, I base my ethical perspectives primarily on ‘O’ or obligation. I believe that human beings have intrinsic value and deserve equal respect. Therefore, I cannot support social decisions or traditions aimed at the best interests of society while discarding the feelings of a few. People should be allowed...
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...life. I like to think that my ethical perspective is not only displayed in an educational environment, but at home and in public as well. One should have a positive ethical perspective in all environments within which they find themselves. Ethics boils down to not only knowing the difference between right and wrong, but also displaying to your environment that you know the difference between right and wrong. Body Paragraph 1: I will discuss what it means to possess a positive ethical perspective and the positive impact it has on my peers and me in the classroom environment. Body Paragraph 2: I will discuss my ethical perspective as it pertains to an educational environment, as well as work and home environment. Body Paragraph 3: I will define good ethical character. I will also discuss how it relates to all areas of life, and how a large part of possessing good ethical character deals with honesty. Conclusion: Having a positive ethical perspective will determine how successful you will be in life ranging from the classroom environment to the home environment. Honesty is of key importance to one’s ethical character. It also will determine the level of respect that you are shown by others. Having a positive ethical perspective shows yourself and others around you that you know the difference between right and wrong. If you accidentally do something wrong, that does not necessarily mean you possess a poor ethical perspective if the mistake was...
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...complicated due to the considerable differences of opinion based on what makes up ethical behavior and how ethical decisions should be made. Ethical decisions could also be more than just “right” or “wrong” because it’s based so much on what people believe, leaving some people to remain “value-neutral.” The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Self-Assessment The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Self-Assessment (EAI) examines who will be affected by one’s decision making based off three components – Awareness, Articulation, and Application. Awareness is the ethical perspectives that serve as the basis for making good ethical choices; Articulation is your ability to explain the principles that underlie your position; Application uses your understanding of ethical decision making to put principles into action as you approach ethical choices every day (Ethics Awareness Inventory). The EAI uses a scoring summary based off four ethical perspectives; Character, Obligation, Results and Equity (CORE). The EAI instrument provided by the University of Phoenix online resources will give you awareness for determining what you believe is right or wrong in any given situation. Reflection of My Values according to the EAI Self-Assessment When asked to take the EAI Self-Assessment it becomes almost nerve wrecking to find out what you, as a person, are good at or bad at when making ethical decisions. After taking the EAI Self-Assessment...
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...Psychology August 12, 2013 Instructor: Mary Mc Greevy Abstract The purpose of the summary is to elucidate the importance of a personal ethical perspective and to scrutinize the affiliation between professional and personal ethics in psychology. The summary will analyze by taking into account the results of the Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI). Ethics Awareness Inventory In today’s society, there is a fine and invisible line among individuals and professionals: ethics. The meaning has become so multifaceted that people’s views about ethics have become unstable and broad. Ethics relate to moral principles to guide individuals and to teach them how to conduct themselves in society by differentiating between rightness and wrongness. The standard of right and wrong defines the aspect of ethics. Ethical dilemmas will arise and will bring a tangle of questions to the professional. The professional will wrestle with questions that will be hard to admit to themselves and others (Pope & Vasquez, 2011). It is human nature to make rushed decisions and mistakes makes humans question their professional and personal ethics. Ethics will help the professional answer those tangled questions. An ethical awareness will let the professional weigh the choices that will affect the lives of colleagues, the public, and the clients. An ethical awareness will free the professional from the restraining webs of fallacy, carelessness, daily pressures, and habit (Pope & Vasquez, 2011). After...
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...the Ethics Awareness Inventory, explain how the educational experience has influenced my own moral philosophy, explain how I apply my own ethics in thinking and decision-making, and how I attempt to handle people and situations that present conflicting understandings of ethical actions. The Ethics Awareness Inventory presents a unique insight into my own ethical viewpoint. This tool allowed me to recognize my professed ethical viewpoint, compared to the outcome of the inventory analysis. The following graphic represents the results of my profile upon conclusion of the inventory questionnaire. C O R E MOST 5 9 5 5 LEAST 6 4 4 10 COMBINED SCORE -1 5 1 -5 Ethical Perspective According to the Ethics Awareness Inventory my ethical perspective is based on obligation. I tend to base my ethical perspective on an individuals duty or obligation to do what is morally right-principles that represent what rational persons ought morally to do. I believe that ethical conduct appeals to “conscience.” In judging whether a person’s actions are ethical, I look to the intent behind his or her actions, rather than focusing on results. In other words, to be considered ethical, I believe that one must choose how one acts and what rules one is willing to follow. My perspective, ethical principles must be: (a) appropriate under any...
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...alternatives, form opinions regarding what actions are morally appropriate for you to take, and acquire the skills necessary to justify your decision on ethical grounds (Williams, L., 2012). Because most people view what is right and wrong from their own perspective, it is important for one to realize what that perspective is. The program asks a series of questions and evaluates the answers. To conclude the assessment, it reveals the type of ethical person one is. The results may vary from person to person, but most people base their ethical views on character, obligation, results, or equity. The following will evaluate my own personal values and discuss the style I base my decisions on. Further, I will apply the values to the USAF. Lastly, I will discuss the impact this style has on my ethical decisions. According to the test, I view the world of ethics based on character. The people that do so, tend to look at virtues and ask themselves “what is good to be rather than what is good to do” (Williams, L.,2012). Thus, we try to achieve moral excellence by concentrating on one’s virtues. It is not enough to simply comply with current ethical standards; one must have integrity, honesty, benevolence, justice, honor, and wisdom to be ethical. Simply put, a mere compliance with laws, regulations, and customs does not make anyone ethical. The person must also have a good character and continually strive to be morally good. I often tend to ask myself whether the particular people I come...
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...determining one’s personal values and ethical style. The assessment identifies four primary values that one possesses with regard to ethics. These values are character, obligation, results, and equity. One who values character tends to base their ethical perspective on what it is good to be, rather than what it is good to do. One who values obligation tends to base their ethical perspective on an individual’s duty or obligation to do what is morally right. One who values results tends to base their ethical perspective on the results or consequences of their actions. Finally, one who values equity tends to base their perspective on ethics on a concern for the instability of knowledge, the uncertainty of human judgment, and the lack of individuals who can truly qualify as experts in the discernment of what is right and what is wrong. (THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT , 2008). Upon completing the assessment I discovered my values to revolve heavily around character. In the following paper I will describe my values, how my values align with the values of Kudler Fine Foods, and how this would affect my performance if I were a manager at Kudler. Bases on my results of the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Assessment my values revolve heavily around character. Regarding my ethical perspective “(I) believe that ethics should focus on ways to help people achieve moral excellence. When asked to judge whether an individual’s actions are ethical, (I) look beyond the actions...
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...Ethical Dissonance and Ethical Divide on Enhancers My quick search in the academic journals and internet literature failed to provide a good definition of ethical dissonance that has been adopted or shared by several academic professions. However, a dictionary definition of dissonance is “lack of agreement” and, in music, dissonance means a “combination of musical notes that sound harsh together” (Hornby 424). Thus, this writer believes that it is viable to assert that within context of the article by Gary Stix, the ethical dissonance discussed in the article refers to the divergence or variety of views on whether it is alright or ethical for medical professionals to prescribe drugs claiming to have the ability to enhance mental or physical capacities. Of course, in psychology, we have Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance that says, “If a person holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent, he experiences dissonance: a negative state (not unlike hunger or thirst)” (Aronson 128). Elliot Aronson elaborated that Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance hold that the experience of dissonance is “unpleasant” and, thus, “the person will strive to reduce it----usually by struggling to find a way to change one or both cognitions to make them more consistent with one another” (128). According to Aronson, Festinger integrated the dynamic marriage between the cognitive and the motivational (128). Thus, given the Aronson review, it is just as viable...
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...considering stakeholders requirements. It will also explain how the writer ethical viewpoint has evolved all through the program. Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Strategic Planning Ethics are the belief and moral rules that vary from an individual to another individual. Ethical philosophy if deliberated rigorously throughout strategic plan can lead into remarkable results. Ethics and social responsibility play a critical role in developing a strategic plan. Values, standards, norms, and rules to accomplish an accurate avenue in attaining strategic objectives are based on ethics. Social accountability is associated to the social norms and policy that if measured through the strategic planning, can outline the foundation of reliability. Ethics participate in an essential role in gathering the diverse requirements of internal and external stakeholders (Sims, 2003). These two key aspects execute a basic role in establishing a workable strategic plan. Ethics and social responsibility support in ensuring an agreement with the special requirements of stakeholders. These are as follows : • Ethical code of conduct: Ethical codes of conduct acknowledge all through strategic plan help in ensuring right and moral activities. This aid the organization in fulfilling the desires of employees, customers, communities, shareholders, and governmental bodies (Duckworth & Moore, 2010). • Ethical guidelines: Ethical guidelines correlated to rules, regulation, and norms also take on an important...
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...Ethical Similarities and Differences David I Schuyler ETH/316 July 20, 2014 Leah Miller Comparing Ethics As we go through life, we have to ask ourselves whether the decisions we make are ethical or not? The answer to that question depends on an individual’s perception of ethics. According to Merriam-Webster, ethics are rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good or bad. To fully answer the question, one would have to consider the ethical values of the individual. Is the individual basing the decision on virtue ethics, utilitarianism, or a deontological standpoint? A review of these three standpoints would reveal one’s situational perception of ethics. The Ethic Similarities There are similarities within the three perspectives of virtue, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics. In virtue ethics, one would be making an ethical decision if a virtuous person would do the same under the same circumstance. “Virtue ethics is person rather than action based: it looks at the virtue or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences...
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...evaluate an individual’s ethical style is called The Ethics Awareness Inventory (Collak, 2012). For most people, right and wrong is evaluated from their own perspective and is very valuable to the individual once discovered. The EAI program will ask the participant a series of questions and then evaluate the answers. Once the test is completed, the program will reveal the type of ethics one possesses. Although, tests results may vary from person to person, most individuals base their ethical views on obligation, results, equity and character. Furthermore, there are some who’s ethical styles are blended, which can put them in two different categories at the same time. This assignment requires that I take the EAI and break down my own personal conclusions of ethical style and perspective. An individual’s code of conduct is directly connected to their own personal ethics. Moreover, personal ethics play an important role in one’s social, spiritual and organizational issues. Personal Summary of EAI My personal conclusion is I view ethics based on character (Williams Institute, 2006). My personal view points are based on personal virtue. I place high regard on honesty, wisdom, justice, personal integrity and benevolence. I try and see the good in everyone until proven otherwise. It is important to me that staying true to your own beliefs is more important than the outcome of any decision. Compassion towards others is paramount, and my ethical attributes include being...
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...ETH/316 Comparing Ethics What exactly does it mean when one says that a decision is ethical? The answer to that question depends on that person’s perception of ethics. Ethics is a perception of a situation or culmination of situations, decision, and resultant factors. To answer the question fully, one would have to consider the ethical values of the person. Is the person basing the decision on virtue ethics, utilitarianism, or a deontological standpoint? A careful review of these three standpoints would reveal one’s situational perception of ethics. There are similarities within the three perspectives of virtue, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics. In virtue ethics, one would be making an ethical decision if that decision is aligned with an effort to strive for excellence. “It takes the viewpoint that in living your life you should try to cultivate excellence in all that you do and all that others do” (Boylan, 2009, p. 133). This is an obligation to personal development. Similarly, from the utilitarianism viewpoint, one would consider whether the decision would result in the best outcome for community or society. With deontological ethics, one would have to take into consideration the duties of that person and how one fulfills obligations to self and community. All three perspectives judge the ethical decision with consideration for whether or not the decision considers personal responsibilities and quality of life...
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...I will talk about my experience with the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory (EAI) self-assessment in relation with my personal values. Base on my experience with the self-assessment, I will talk about what Kudler Fine Foods recognize as values within the organization. This paper will also compare how my values align with the values of Kudler Fine Foods. After comparing the values alignment I will talk about the way these values would affect my performance if I was a manager at Kudler Fine Foods. The Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory self-assessment represents prominently ethical philosophy, which is use to analyze your own characteristics on ethics. I have learned that ethical perspectives vary depending on the individual and can provide me with a general point of view to approach ethical issues. According to EAI ethical decision making is compose of three important factors, awareness, articulation, and application. These factors develop my understanding and identification of my CORE believes, which will reflect my personal ethical perspective and style. According to the Ethical Awareness Inventory my ethical perspective is least closely aligned with equity. My interpretation of this result indicates that the perception I use to identify my Ethics Awareness Inventory is base in my perception of fair/unfair point of view in the components of awareness, articulation, and application. Pretty much my values and ethics are attached to my consideration to do...
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